What's New in Oxygen Publishing Engine 27

November 27, 2024

Oxygen Publishing Engine version 27.0 encompasses the improvements and additions implemented in Oxygen XML WebHelp and Oxygen PDF Chemistry. This version adds some additional customization options for producing WebHelp and PDF output

WebHelp Output

Disable Zoom for Images

It is now possible to disable the WebHelp zoom functionality for particular images. You can flag the images that should not have zoom functionality by using the no-zoom value for the @outputclass attribute on the particular images.

Open Custom Logo URL in a New Tab

You can control whether clicking the URL for a custom WebHelp logo will open it in the same tab or in a new tab. This can be configured using the new webhelp.logo.image.target.url.new.tab parameter. By default, the link is opened in the same tab as the WebHelp output.

Display Certain Elements as Tabs

It is possible to display certain elements as tabs by using the outputclass="wh-tabbed" attribute. This works for lists (<ol>, <ul>), definition lists (<dl>), and choice table (<choicetable>) elements.

Open WebHelp and PDF Produced by DITA OT Project

By default, when running DITA OT Project transformations from the application, the generated WebHelp and PDF outputs are now opened in the proper associated system application.

PDF Output

Set Path to Antenna House Option Setting File

When using the Antenna House Formatter in the DITA Map PDF - based on HTML5 & CSS transformation scenario, a new parameter (antenna-house.option.setting.file) makes it possible to set the path to the Antenna House Option Setting File directly in the transformation scenario configuration dialog box.

Support for PDF Signing

It is now possible to sign your PDFs using a keystore file and the new chemistry.sign parameters in the DITA Map PDF - based on HTML5 & CSS transformation scenario.

Component Updates

Apache FOP 2.10

Updated the Apache FOP library to version 2.10.

DITA-OT 4.2.3

Updated the embedded DITA-OT to version 4.2.3.

DOMPurify 2.5.6

Updated the DOMPurify library to version 2.5.6.